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76 from 1781 till his death, served one year as its president, from 5 Nov. of that year, and in that capacity gave Washington the thanks of congress for the victory at Yorktown. After 1782 feeble health compelled him to retire from public life. — His son, Alexander Contee, jurist, b. 22 Oct., 1749; d. in Annapolis, Md., in 1806, was high in the confidence of Washington, and resided for some time in his family, acting as his private secretary for several months. He was afterward chosen by Washington as one of his aides, but illness pre- vented his acceptance. He was the first judge of the general court of Maryland under the constitu- tion of 1776, and prepared a compilation of the laws of the state. He was a delegate to the con- vention that ratified the National constitution in 1788, declined a U. S. judgeship, and from 1789 till his death was chancellor of the state. In 1789, at the request of the legislature, he prepared a "Digest of a Testamentary System." He wrote forcibly on most of the political questions of the day, and some of his articles have been preserved by the Maryland historical society under the name of the " Hanson Pamphlets." — Alexander Contee's son, Alexander Contee, senator, b. in Maryland, 27 Feb., 1786; d. in Belmont, Md., 23 April, 1819, was educated at St. John's college, Annapolis. He afterward edited the " Federal Republican " at Bal- timore, bitterly denouncing the administration. On 22 June, 1812, the populace of the city, irritated by one of his articles, attacked and destroyed his printing-office. The journal, after a temporary suspension, was re-issued simultaneously in Balti- more and Georgetown, D. C, on 27 July. This led to another attack on 28 July, but the house had been garrisoned with thirty armed men, among whom were Gen. Henry Lee and Gen. James M. Lingan, and they fired on the mob, killing one and wounding others. The rioters then brought a piece of cannon to bear on the house, and the mi- litia was called out, but an arrangement was finally made, much against Mr. Hanson's will, by which he and his friends were to be placed in jail by the authorities, while their persons and property were to be protected. Notwithstanding this, the mob broke into the jail, assisted by officials within, and after barbarously treating those that did not escape, left Mr. Hanson and others for dead in front of the building, inflicted on Gen. Lee wounds from which he never fully recovered, and killed Gen. Lingan outright. The mob now withdrew to break into the post-office, where the issue of Hanson's paper awaited mailing, and the editor was secretly removed by his friends. He afterward continued the publication of his journal at Georgetown. The leaders of the mob were afterward arrested, but were acquitted, and the attorney-general sympa- thized with them so far as to wish that every de- fender of the house had been killed. These out- rages contributed to the political revolution that shortly afterward gave the state to the Federalists. Hanson was elected to congress, serving from 24 May, 1813, till 2 Jan., 1817, and then took his seat in the U. S. senate in place of Robert G. Harper, resigned, and served till his death.

HANSON, John Wesley, author, b. in Boston, Mass., 12 May, 1823. After attending the Lowell high-school, he entered a counting-room in that city, where he remained seven years, still continu- ing his studies. He was ordained to the ministry of the Universalist church in Wentworth, N. H., in 1845, held pastorates in Danvers, Mass., in 1846-'8, and Gardiner, Me., in 1850-'4, and in 1848 edited the " Massachusetts Era," the first Republi- can paper in Lowell. He edited the " Gospel Ban- ner " in Augusta, Me., in 1854-'60, and was pastor in Haverhill, Mass., till 1865, serving also in 1863-'4 as chaplain of the 6th Massachusetts regiment and army correspondent of the Boston "Journal" and the New York "Tribune." He was pastor in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1866-'9, and then had charge of the " New Covenant " in Chicago, 111., till 1884. Buchtel college, Ohio, gave him the degree of D. D. in 1876. He has published histories of Danvers, Mass. (Danvers, 1847), Norridgewock, Me. (Norridgewock, 1849), and Gardiner, Me. (Gardiner, 1852) ; " Bible Threatenings Explained " (Chicago, 1847) ; " Witnesses to the Truth," a collection of quotations from the poets (Boston, 1850 ; enlarged as " Cloud of Witnesses," 1883) ; " Aion-Aionios " (Chicago, 1876) ; " Bible Proofs of Universal Salvation " (1877) ; " Twelve Sermons on the Lord's Prayer " (1883) ; " The New Covenant," a transla- tion of the New Testament " (2 vols., 1883-'5) ; and " Voices of the Faith " (1884).— His wife, Eliza Rice (Holbrook), b. in Norridgewock, Me., 11 April, 1825 ; d. in Blue Island, 111., 16 Sept., 1865, married Dr. Hanson on 30 May, 1846. She pub- lished " Women Workers," a popular book.

HARADEN, Jonathan, naval officer, b. in Gloucester, Mass., in 1745 ; d. in Salem, Mass., 26 Nov., 1803. When the war of independence be- gan, he joined the " Tyrannicide " as 1st lieutenant, and shortly afterward was promoted captain, and appointed to the command of the " Pickering." In a night assault in the Bay of Biscay he captured a British privateer of 60 men and 22 guns, beat off a London privateer with 42 guns and 140 men, and on another occasion came upon three armed vessels in a line, and captured one after the other, with no loss of life on his own vessel. He is said to have taken nearly 1,000 cannon from the British during the war. At the close of 1781, with all his vessels and prizes, he was captured by the royal com- mander, Rodney, at St. Eustatius, West Indies. The " Julius Caesar " was his last command.

HARASZTHY, Agostin, viticulturist, b. in Hungary in 1812 ; d. near Leon, Nicaragua, 10 Aug., 1869. He emigrated to the United States in early manhood, lived for several years in Wiscon- sin, Iowa, and Texas, and in 1850 settled in Cali- fornia as superintendent of the San Francisco mint. He engaged largely in grape-culture in 1858, and was superintendent of the Buena Vista viticultural society's vineyard in Sonoma county. In 1864 he went abroad to investigate the culture of the grape and procure continental varieties. In 1867 he visited Nicaragua and obtained from that government the right to manufacture there dis- tilled liquors for twenty years. While he was exploring the swamps near Leon', he fell into a stream, and was devoured by alligators. He pub- lished a "Treatise on Grape-Culture in Europe and California " (San Francisco, 1865).

HARBAUGH, Henry, clergyman, b. near Waynesborough, Pa., 28 Oct., 1817; d. in Mercersburg, Pa., 28 Dec, 1867. He taught to obtain means to enter college, and studied at Mercersburg, Pa., but was unable to finish either a classical or theological course. He was ordained in 1843, and installed as pastor of the German Reformed church at Lewisburg, Pa., and in 1850 accepted a call to the church at Lancaster, Pa., where he remained until his removal to Lebanon in 1860. In 1863 he was appointed by his synod professor of theology at the Mercersburg seminary. He occupied this chair until his death, which was occasioned by undue mental exertion. In his theological views Dr. Harbaugh was the foremost representative of the school that emphasized the efficacy of the